FRANKSTON Council has tapped its infrastructure and operation director to serve as interim CEO.Cam Arullanantham has been appointed to succeed outgoing CEO Phil Cantillon on an interim basis. Arullanantham will begin on 18 July. Arullanantham has worked at Frankston Council as director of infrastructure and operations since 2020. Before that he was council’s acting director of community assets and manager of buildings and facilities during the Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre construction. Frankston Council will begin searching for a permanent CEO next month. The interim CEO has been appointed for up to six months.Arullanantham said “I’m truly honoured and humbled by…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
MEN’S DIV TWO Somerville picked up a vital win over Devon Meadows on Saturday afternoon. Both sides came into the match at Glover Reserve in the mix for finals spots. Somerville struck the first blow and went into the quarter-time break ahead by a goal. Devon Meadows held Somerville goalless in the second term, opening up a three-goal lead. Somerville whittled the lead back but still needed to close a 16-point gap in the last quarter. Somerville mounted an impressive comeback in the closing stages. Devon Meadows failed to kick a goal in the final term, which handed Somerville an…
KINGSTON councillor Jane Agirtan has returned to her duties after being stood down for nearly three months.Agirtan was stood down from council on 9 April after it was revealed she had been charged with breaching a personal safety intervention order. At the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on 20 June Agirtan avoided conviction – the Magistrate offered Agirtan a two-week diversion on the condition she make a $2000 donation to the Royal Children’s Hospital (“Councillor offered diversion by court”, The News 20/6/2025).Last week Kingston Council confirmed that Agirtan had resumed her councillor position. Agirtan said “I am thrilled to be back to…
FRANKSTON Hospital is set to undergo a name change once its redevelopment is complete. Early next year, Frankston Hospital will be rebranded the Peninsula University Hospital. The name change comes as Peninsula Health strengthens its ties with Monash University.Monash University executive dean of medicine, nursing and health sciences, Professor Christina Mitchell, says hundreds of university students make positive contributions to the hospital each year. “Over 940 Monash students delivered approximately 307,000 clinical placement hours across allied health, nursing and midwifery and medicine with Peninsula Health in the last year and we partner together in excellent research at the National Centre…
A BRAVE group of young children who helped save their parents’ lives with some quick thinking have been recognised at the Junior Triple Zero Heroes awards event.Harry and Alfie Williams, aged nine and seven, called an ambulance to their Pearcedale home in July last year when their mum Samantha suffered a nasty asthma attack. Harry called 000 and spoke to call-taker Jess Bartlett while getting his mother’s puffer. Alfie put the dogs away and watched his mum while Harry opened the gate for the ambulance.Another youngster, six-year-old Ellie Hardy, called 000 for her mum Shannon in May last year after…